Gailltir, Lismore and Ferrybank Are County Champions

The WIT Arena at Carriganore was a hive of activity on Saturday morning last with the staging of this year’s County under 12 Camogie Finals, with the standard of play across all three finals of the highest level, a testimony to the work done within all six clubs involved in the finals.

 

Ferrybank 1-2 Dungarvan 0-2

The division three final between these two sides was a hugely entertaining one where the outcome could have gone either way.

This is Ferrybank’s only underage team this year and hopefully this win will give the game a massive boost in the area and that for next year’s championship it will see extra girls get involved in the club.

Dungarvan turned around at the break in this game with a 1-0 to 0-2 advantage showing on the score board. Sophiat Adehenan opened the scoring for the city side but Dungarvan’s Holly Sheehan followed up with a goal for her side.

Cliodhna McGarrity however brought the game back to a one point game just before half time when she put over a free.

Scores were hard won in the second half with both sets of backs well on top. The only score of the second half however proved to be a crucial one as Shayla Alyward caught the Dungarvan goalkeeper Aoife Healy off guard.

For Dungarvan Aoife Healy, Hollie Ryan-Power and Natasha Maher were very impressive while Lilly Magee, Lucy Jolly and Sophiat Adehenam all excelled for Ferrybank.

 

Lismore 0-5 Abbeyside 0-4

There was a lot of confusion at the end of this game as practically all watching the game were of the opinion that the game had ended in a draw, but it quickly came to light that Lismore had won the game by a single score.

Abbeyside held an 0-3 to 0-1 lead at the break. Gemma Corcoran gave Lismore an early lead, but two points from Edel Tynan and one from Abbey Sweeney saw Abbeyside turn around in a good position.

Most of those watching on were of the opinion that Edel Tynan hit two points in the second half, they certainly were indicated by the umpires, while Gemma Corcoran hit a brace for Lismore and Helen Duncan-O’Neill hit which most thought was the score that levelled matters but in the referee’s notebook proved to be the winner.

Emily Barry, Ruby Walsh and Gemma Corcoran all impressed for Lismore in this one, while for Abbeyside Edel Tynan, Lauren Cliffe and Abbey Sweeney impressed.

 

Gailltir 2-5 Tramore 1-0

Gailltir with just four of their team underage again for next year’s competition proved too strong for Tramore in the Division One final at the Carriganore venue.

Gailltir after playing with a strong wind in the first half turned around leading 0-3 to no score with Caoimhe Flynn accounting for two of the sky blues scores while Ruby Murphy got their third just before the half time whistle.

Playing against the wind in the second half Gailltir continued to work very hard and hit an early goal from Siennah Healy. Aoife Flynn followed up with a point before Caoimhe Flynn scored a good goal. The same player two minutes from time followed up with a point.

Tramore however never gave up and in stoppage time when they won a free Kim McGrath as any good free taker does in such circumstances blasted just under the height of the crossbar and went into the back of the Gailltir net.

For Tramore Kim McGrath, Reailtin Bartels-Short, Leah Obanya and Maeve Flavin all impressed while for Gailltir Caoimhe Flynn, Aggie Hutchinson and Elaina Cody all played well. A special mention must go to Tramore’s Ellie Gillane in this game. Ellie broke her hurley in this game. So what say’s you, players break their hurley every so often in games and at training, but in this game even after Ellie broke her hurley she continued to try and hunt down the Gailltir players and tried to put in a block using the little piece of the top of the hurley she had in her hand. No doubt with commitment and courage in players like Ellie she will go on to be a player to look out for in the years ahead if she continues to listen to her coaches and work on her game. There is many players much older and much more experienced who would break their hurley that would not try and block down an opposing player with the little bit of a hurley they have in their hand.